Jennings may best known for her series regular role in the TBS sitcom Meet the Browns as Edna Barnes, which she starred from 2009 to 2011. She had a recurring roles in The Division, The Bold and the Beautiful and most notable in Fox prime time soap opera Star from 2017 to 2019. In 2019, she had a recurring roles in USA Network legal drama Pearson and Oprah Winfrey Network drama David Makes Man.

Filmography:

 

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Running Against Time	Role Unknown
1991	The Marla Hanson Story	Prosecutor
	Bad Attitudes	James' Mother
1992	Basic Instinct	Receptionist
	Condition: Critical	Janine
1993	Laurel Avenue	Yolanda Arnett-Friedman
	Jack Reed: Badge of Honor	Dr. Laura Wheeler
	Murder of Innocence	Lillian Foster
1994	Out of Darkness	Inez
	On Promised Land	Martha Ree Ween
	Override	Role Unknown	Short
1997	Spirit Lost	Vera
1999	The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads	Helen Picker
	Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her	Nurse (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
2000	Dancing in September	Ms. Taylor
	What Women Want	Kitchen Secretary
2001	Baby Boy	Rachel
2003	Runaway Jury	Loreen Duke
2004	Something for Nothing	Mrs. Lassiter	Short
2005	Shackles	Bella
2006	Tootie Pie	Auntie
2007	Love... & Other 4 Letter Words	Gigi
	Daddy's Little Girls	Katheryn
2008	Vacancy 2: The First Cut	Doris (video)
2009	Janky Promoters	Momma
2010	My Girlfriend's Back	Dr. Melinda
2011	Midnight Son	Liz
2013	Side Effects	Gladys
	Khumba	Zuki